Tag: Word Count

I got up early and wrote this morning, and it feels good. After not writing consistently every day this week, and really needing a few more hours sleep, it wasn’t as easy as it has been to jump write back into the story. But once I got going, the words flowed, and before I knew… Read more

Not much time today, so just a quick check in word count post. Here’s the details: Current word count: 10,120 Words written today: 376 Words to goal: 29,880/ 343 words a day til end of September This weekend I also figured out the rest of the story and wrote out a rough layout for all… Read more

Happy Fourth! Hope you had lots of great food, company and fireworks. We just saw our local fireworks from our backyard. Very nice. I finally got some more writing done today, and here’s my daily word count: Current word count: 9,240 Words written today: 787 Words to goal: 30,760/ 350 per day til end of… Read more

Current word count: 8,453 Words written today: 710 Words to goal: 41,547/462 per day til end of September I woke up too late to write yesterday, so had two days of no writing. It made me determined to get up early this morning, and I rolled out of bed a little after 5. Ugg! I’m now… Read more

With a full-time job and family, it can be hard to make sure writing is given its time, especially if you’re not a “working” writer, i.e. getting paid, with deadlines. So, for me, setting goals can help keep you going and see your progress. Yesterday, I decided I wanted to finish my new novel by… Read more